the temple bombing

The Temple Bombing The Temple Bombing by Melissa Fay Greene is a historical account of the 1958 bombing of Atlanta's Reform Jewish Temple. Greene constructs her narrative in a thrilling and persuasive manner that vividly describes her view and message about anti-Semitism and racial inequality in Atlanta and the rest of the South. Greene links the temple bombing with racial injustice and as a part of the history of civil rights. The lessons communicated can relate …

…rights movement among blacks, and the effect anti-communism had on the way Jews were perceived. Melissa Fay Greene constructs an appealing narrative about anti-Semitism and racial inequality in the South in her book, The Temple Bombing. Her large diverse collection of interviews, thoughts and ideas from important figures in history and today makes her novel interesting and distinct. She tells the historical account of anti-Semitism in the South and U.S., in a storytelling fashion.